Maddie34
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Horror stories from work
Posted: 06-09-08 22:56pm
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I got a new job! 
Of course, that means quitting my current
job. Although I've never quit a job
before, I assumed it wasn't going to be a
big problem because I had only been
working two months. But somehow I always
manage to turn something simple into a
huge ordeal. I took my manager into the
back and handed him my two weeks’ notice
and explained that I was offered a job
somewhere else- just as I had planned to
do ahead of time.
But my manager didn't simply take the
letter and leave it at that like he had
done in my plans. Nope, instead he started
crying...
I don't know if I just caught him at a bad
time or what, but the second his face got
red and he started pacing saying, "Oh my
god, I knew it.. I knew it..." then I
panicked and went into every single
possible reason I needed to take this job
and more apologies than I ever thought I'd
say in 10 minutes. I almost started crying
myself (I can't watch people cry, it makes
my eyes water). He left the room -- didn't
even take my letter -- and by the time I
was able to leave the office (I was
waiting for change) all I saw was my
manager talking to another coworker, who
was patting him on the back and telling
him to hang in there. Then my manager
bolted to the bathroom. This coworker now
refers to me as, "Girl-Who-Made-Chuck-Cry"
since he was apparently in the office when
I quit, so he knew it was me. All in all,
not how I though quitting my first job
would go.
Please, someone share some horror
stories from work so I can feel a little
bit better about making a grown man cry.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 06-10-08 15:38pm
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oh gosh---i made my boss sick once
lol-------i have so many horrid stories i
just dont know where to start
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Maddie34
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Posted: 06-10-08 15:53pm
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lol
How did you make him sick?
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Posted: 06-10-08 15:55pm
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Hugs!! I'm sorry hun. If it makes you
feel any better, quitting my first job was
a horror story too. I worked at a daycare
for two years. I pretty much gave them 2
months notice!! I told them I was going
to be leaving in August because I was
moving 2 hours away to go to college and
would no longer be able to work there. I
reminded them multiple times. All of a
sudden, mid-August they put out the
September schedule and I'm scheduled to
work 3 times a week. Uh oh. I bring it
up with the manager saying that I had been
scheduled to quit at the end of August for
months and months because of school. She
started SCREAMING at me, saying she didn't
know and blah blah blah. I told her that
I had even sent her an email about it and
she wrote back to the email agreeing that
I will be leaving in the end of August.
She got really flustered and told me that
if I don't find someone to cover my shifts
that I'll be fired instead of labeled as
quitting. Ugh. Thankfully I was able to
find people to cover my shifts for
September, but it was a huge mess and
unbelievable since I gave so much notice.
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 06-10-08 15:56pm
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PS- congrats on your new job!!!
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 06-10-08 15:56pm
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i told him i quit---i didnt thought---the
problem quit before i did 
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Maddie34
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Posted: 06-11-08 14:54pm
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Yeah, I stopped feeling bad after I found
out he scheduled me every day until my
last day... I told him I'd help out during
the transition but that I was planning on
starting at the new job asap. Instead he
gave me 12 hours more than normal. Whats
with that?
Anyone else have any stories?
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 06-11-08 17:08pm
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yeah they want to squeeze the juice out of
you before you leave---thats just how
buisneses are
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Posted: 06-15-08 12:57pm
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I got one for you... I got fired because
my mother died. I got the call about a
month ago that she was in the hospital and
wasn't gonna make it. So I had to fly to
Massachussetts. I called my work right
away and told them I had to take some time
off for a family emergency. I said I
didn't know when I'd be back, and I'd call
as soon as I knew. So I flew out that
night, they took her off life support the
next day, but she held on for another
week. Needless to say it wasn't really on
my mind to call my work just to tell them
I didn't know when I'd be back... as I was
sleeping on waiting room couches and
watching my mother die. But as soon as she
went and all the arrangements were made
and I booked my flight back I called my
job to let them know when I'd be back.
That's when they told me I'd been
terminated for job abandonment. They just
assumed I walked off the job.... even when
I told them I had to take some time off.
So when I finally got back into town I
went down there to talk to them. After I
waited over an hour for the manager to get
in, he wouldn't even give me the time of
day. Just said there was nothing he could
do and he couldn't tell me anything. I've
been with the company for 2 1/2 years, and
have always been reliable, and the one
time I have to leave for a legitimate
reason, that's how they repay me. But
that's corporate America for you...
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Posted: 06-16-08 16:53pm
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how about finding out you're fired when
they just plain stop scheduling you? That
was my first job... I never met my boss, I
was always shuffled from department to
department (in a department store) and
finally just didn't find my name on the
schedule anymore.
Other than that, all my experiences with
leaving have been great
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Posted: 06-17-08 18:50pm
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I have only had to give notice once. But
they knew it would be coming. I had taken
the job as a part time job (Pizza Ranch)
and I was working another part time job
(pharmacy). They knew when I could I would
start full time at the other job. Well had
problems with the other Tech in the
pharmacy (she had been there 15 years).
She basically didn't like another women in
"her space". My boss had had problems with
her before but is way to nice to get rid
of her. But one day I walked in from lunch
and he informed me that he fired her! I
was holy sh**! So then I was working both
jobs. I would go to the pharmacy in the am
go to the pizza ranch 1030-230 and back to
the pharmacy until 530. Well on top of it
all I found out I was pregnant with my son
(which i was on bc). I couldn't handle it
all and had to give notice I gave them
about a month a the pizza ranch but she
cried and said she wished I could stay
blah blah blah but she understood. Later
the asst manager left and they asked me if
I would consider that job. But I had a
great job at the pharmacy! Still do and I
really like it! So it all turned out! But I'll tell you
what it really sucks when someone makes
your day hell and you didn't even do
anything to them except take a job!
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